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Robots Attack 016

April 15, 2012Robots Attack, ShowsJoe

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Episode 16 of the Main Show! Listen live on Thursdays from 7pm to 9pm on 103.3 FM KSCU Santa Clara, or online at http://www.kscu.org/

News:

Cow escapes slaughterhouse: http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/04/11/11140688-moo-dini-steers-life-spared-after-slaughterhouse-escape?lite
Nude maid service: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2012/04/10/national/a152219D60.DTL
Distracted driving is dangerous … and this is a whole new level – http://boingboing.net/2012/04/06/worlds-most-distracted-drive.html
Woman sues sheriff’s office to get 12,000 tip back – http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/04/05/us-usa-minnesota-tip-idUSBRE83415Y20120405 – via boingboing http://boingboing.net/2012/04/06/moorhead-mn-police-steal-12.html

Robot Story:

CNC robots helping – http://blog.makezine.com/2012/04/06/shapeoko-the-affordable-cnc-mill-kit/ and National Robotics week – http://blog.makezine.com/2012/04/09/national-robotics-week-2/

Caleb’s Corner:

Heart warming story about a kid who makes his own arcade and now has 90,000 in a college fund! http://mashable.com/2012/04/11/caines-arcade/ – http://vimeo.com/40000072

The Core:

Movies:

New Releases

www.metacritic.com for movie releases of the week.

DVD/Blu-ray

A Hollis Frampton Odyssey (b/d); A Streecar Named Desire (b); Astonishing X-Men: Dangerous (d) – looks like a motion comic – bleh; Beverly Hillbillies (d); Bounce (b); Classic Drive-in Collection (d); Coldplay – Time’s Arrow (d) for those who care; Cook County (b/d); Dark Shadows DVD SET complete series; Don Juan Demarco (b); Evanescence-from a Little Rock to a Great Big Sound (d); Hidden (d); Kate and Leopold (b); Lavern and Shirly s5 (d); Liberace – The Ultimate Entertainer (d); Littlerock (b/d); Magical Art of Bellydance (d); Men in Black – Darkwatchers (d); Night Gallery s3 (d); One Tree Hill Series Set (d); That’s Bow Huntin’ (d) – not a typo; The Bodyguard (b); Truth About Cats and Dogs (b/d); Tyrannosaur (d);

Comics:

Marvel:

Journey Into Mystery #636; Winter Soldier #4

Deathstroke #8; Green Lantern: The Animated Series #1

Indie:

Adventure Time #3; Dollhouse Epitaphs TP Vol 01; Saga #2

Web:

http://girlgeniusonline.com

Stories:

Netflix starts a PAC (Political Action Committee) – http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0412/74929.html – and gets accused of supporting SOPA/PIPA, which isn’t true – http://www.forbes.com/sites/davidthier/2012/04/09/netflix-has-not-formed-a-pro-sopa-super-pac/ . Good coverage here – http://twit.tv/show/frame-rate/71
Borderlands 2 ups the challenge, tweaks the interface, doesn’t fix what wasn’t broken – (a preview from PAX East) http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2012/04/borderlands-2-ups-the-challenge-tweaks-the-interface-doesnt-fix-what-wasnt-broken.ars

Robots Attack 015

April 11, 2012Robots Attack, ShowsJoe

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Episode 15 of the Main Show! Listen live on Thursdays from 7pm to 9pm on 103.3 FM KSCU Santa Clara, or online at http://www.kscu.org/

News:

Hipster glasses new line of defense in court?:http://thelook.today.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/03/30/10939773-thick-framed-hipster-eyewear-new-trend-for-defendants-on-trial
Batman pulled over: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2012/03/30/national/a065946D12.DTL
New clue to Amelia Airhart’s disappearance surfaces – http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2012/03/19/national/w222349D78.DTL&tsp=1
The second war in Iraq was based upon falsified claims of WMDs – http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/politics/man-whose-wmd-lies-led-to-100000-deaths-confesses-all-7606236.html – Via boingboing

Robot Story:

Robot that can jump over 30 feet! http://blog.makezine.com/2012/03/30/sand-flea-robot-leaps-thirty-feet/

Caleb’s Corner

Things to know about your online privacy, and why it matters – http://www.cultofmac.com/157641/this-creepy-app-isnt-just-stalking-women-without-their-knowledge-its-a-wake-up-call-about-facebook-privacy/ – Update: App has been pulled out of the iTunes store and FourSquare has blocked the app’s access to their data. Still this is potentially scary stuff.

The Core:

Movies:

New Releases

www.metacritic.com for the list of movie releases of the week.

DVD/Blu-ray

3rd Rock from the Sun s3 & s4 (d); Alien Opponent: Uncut (d); Beautiful Planet: France & Italy, Spain & Portugal (b); Being Elmo (d); Beyblade: Fierce Battle (d); Bob: The Complete Series (d); Black Butler s1 (b); Black Butler 2: complete series (b); Chinatown (b); Dark Shadows series as separate disks (26)(d); Dark Shadows: The Beginning 6 sep disks (d); Exhale: Core Fusion 30 Day Sculpt (d); Full House s1 set (d); Girls Just Want to Have Fun (b); Regular Show s1; Roseanne s3 s4; Three Stooges Commemorative Pack – 8 movies (d); War Horse (d&b); West Side Story (b);

Comics:

Marvel:

Daredevil #10, Uncanny X-Force #23

American Vampire #25; Batwing #8

Indie:

30 Days of Night #6 of on going; Supurbia #2

Stories:

New Chrome X360 controllers:http://www.ign.com/articles/2012/04/02/new-xbox-360-chrome-series-controllers-coming-mid-may
New Total Recall: totally down for it, or should it be totally recalled?: http://movies.ign.com/articles/122/1222098p1.html
Izzard for Munsters reboot: http://insidetv.ew.com/2012/03/20/eddie-izzard-munsters/

Robots Attack 014

March 28, 2012Robots Attack, ShowsJoe

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Episode 14 of the Main Show! Listen live on Tuesdays from 11pm to 1am on 103.3 FM KSCU Santa Clara, or online at http://www.kscu.org/

Some audio issues due to new digital recording device in the studio not working, uh “correctly” per say,

New update about audio issue: engineers say they’ve fixed the problem, so episode 15 should be back to normal! Here’s hoping. Oh, there’s also an extra chunk of blank space at the end of this episode. It’s officially done when you hear our outro music.